OBITUARIES

Lucile Brisby

Lucile Brisby

Nov 16, 2002

Mrs. Brisby died Saturday afternoon in NHC-Franklin. A life-long resident of Marshall County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Etta Mae Bowden, and a member of the Methodist Church. With her husband, Clayton, they operated Brisby's Cafe from 1930 until 1968. Mrs. Brisby is survived by three daughters: Judy Wright of Tullahoma, Jane Foster of Nashville,...

Clyde Jordan

Clyde Jordan

Nov 13, 2002

Mr. Jordan died Wednesday morning in Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. He was the son of the late Hartford Blount and Adelle Harris Jordan, a life long farmer, and a long time member of the Hickory Heights Church of Christ, where he had served as an elder. Mr. Jordan served as Past President and on the Board of Directors...

Woodrow Helmick

Woodrow Helmick

Nov 8, 2002

Mr. Helmick died Friday afternoon in Marshall Medical Center. He was a native of Maury County, son of the late Thomas Hiram and Sarah Wells Helmick, and a member of the Church Street Church of Christ. He served the United States during World War II with the US Army, and was a retired machine operator with Faber-Castell Corporation. He...

Florence Fitzpatrick

Florence Fitzpatrick

Nov 7, 2002

Miss Fitzpatrick died Thursday morning in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was the daughter of the late Edwin Grant & Missie McLean Evans Fitzpatrick and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lewisburg. She was a teacher for many years in Marshall County, teaching at Chapel Hill and Marshall County High School. She is survived by...

Charlie Griffis

Charlie Griffis

Oct 17, 2002

Mr. Griffis died Thursday evening in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. A resident of Columbia, he was a member of the Parkview Baptist Church of Lewisburg and served his country in World War II with the United States Navy. He was formerly employed with Lewisburg Casting Company and Durango Boot Company. He was the son of the late Judson...

Whitfield Bryant, Jr

Whitfield Bryant, Jr

Oct 10, 2002

Mr. Bryant died Thursday morning at his residence. Mr. Bryant was a life-long resident of the Mooresville Community of Marshall County, son of the late Whitfield Alexander Bryant Sr. and Elizabeth McCrory Bryant, a farmer, and a member and former deacon of the Friendship Baptist Church in Culleoka. Mr. Bryant also loved to cook and make candy for his...

Willard Glenn

Willard Glenn

Sep 27, 2002

Marshall County native, 'Preacher' Glenn, died Friday in NHC-Lewisburg. Born in the Belfast area of Marshall county 1907, he was the son of the late Hugh and Nellie Whitsett Glenn. He was a member and Elder Emeritus of the Union Presbyterian Church of Belfast, a former director of the Bank of Belfast, and a past member and president of...

Clyde Conwell

Clyde Conwell

Sep 26, 2002

Mr. Conwell died at his residence in Greenbrier, TN. He was a farmer for 75 years in the Marshall County area, son of the late Albert J. and Sarah Susan Crabtree Conwell, and a member of the New Hope United Methodist Church. On July 23, 1931, he married the former Josephine Oliver. To the union were born a son:...

James Orr

James Orr

Sep 14, 2002

Mr. Orr died Saturday evening at University Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. He was the son of the late James Howard and Gladys Fagan Orr, retired from Bordens with 50 years of service, a veteran of the United States Navy, and a member of the Summit Church of Christ in Alexandria, KY. Pete is survived by his wife, June Musgrave...

John Mitchell

John Mitchell

Sep 4, 2002

Mr. Mitchell died Wednesday afternoon in NHC-Lewisburg. A native of Giles Co TN, he was the son of the late William Herschel and Ethel Tucker Mitchell, a retired carpenter with Brindley Company, a farmer, and a member of the Cornersville Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Christine Mitchell in Nov. 2000, a son, Danny...

Elizabeth Rose Moore

Elizabeth Rose Moore

Sep 1, 2002

Mrs. Moore died peacefully Sunday afternoon in her Village Manor residence, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Frank and Belle Kearney Edwards, a member of St. John Catholic Church, and a registered nurse. After completing her trianing at St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing, she chose family over career, dedicating her life to raising her nine...

Miriam Moon

Miriam Moon

Aug 27, 2002

Mrs. Moon died Tuesday evening in Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Horace Riggs and Katherine Gordon Harwell, a homemaker, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Lewisburg. She was a member of the Robert Lewis Chapter of the DAR, the Marshall County Art Guild, and the Marshall County Study Club....

Violet Harrison Bradford

Violet Harrison Bradford

Aug 26, 2002

Mrs. Bradford died Monday in St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. She was the daughter of the late James Owen and Katie Vera Collins Harrison and a member of the Richland Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Spring Place Community of Marshall County. Following graduation from Cornersville High School, Mrs. Bradford worked as a nurse, and then with Cosmolab, where she...

Joe Hudson

Joe Hudson

Aug 24, 2002

Mr. Hudson died Saturday afternoon in Marshall Medical Center. A native of Lincoln county, he was the son of the late William F. and Bena Barnes Hudson, self-employed carpenter, and a member of the First Baptist Church of Lewisburg, where he had served as a deacon. He also served his country in the United States Army during World War...

Hardin Gillespie

Hardin Gillespie

Aug 17, 2002

Mr. Gillespie died Saturday morning at his Nashville residence. Memorials may be made to the Woodbine Methodist Church or charity of your choice. A native of the Berlin Community, he was the son of the late John Henry & Ida Mai Gillespie, a member of the Woodbine Methodist Church, and retired after 43 years as a Marketing Manager for...

David Fry

David Fry

Jul 30, 2002

Mr. Fry died peacefully, Tuesday morning in Marshall Medical Center. He was the son of the late Fletcher and Jessie Ivy Fry and the widower of Dorothy Woodward Fry, who preceded him in April, 2000. He was a member of the Church Street Church of Christ, Woodmen of the World, and retired from United Shoe Machinery Corporation. Survivors include...

Sylvia Edwards

Sylvia Edwards

Jul 25, 2002

Sylvia Gail Blalock Edwards died Thursday in Williamson Medical Center. She was the dauther of the late Enoch Ethridge Blalock and the late Mary Lucille Blalock Jett, and employed by Eaton Corporation of Shelbyville. Gail is survived by her sons: Troy Debbie Edwards Rockwall, NC and Tony Betsy Edwards Shelbyville; 3 brothers: Charles Blalock and Douglas Blalock Lewisburg, Joe...

James Shook

James Shook

Jul 10, 2002

Mr. Shook died Wednesday morning in Maury Regional Hospital, Columbia, TN. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Florence, AL where he was raised. He served his country in WWII in the United States Army, First Cavalry Division, and in the U S Air Force following the war. He retired from the Lewisburg Fire Department, and spent some...

Ruth Chisholm

Ruth Chisholm

Jul 2, 2002

Mrs. Chisholm died Tuesday morning in NHC-Oakwood. A native of Maury Co, TN, she was a homemaker, member of the Baptist Church, and widow of Leslie O. Chisholm. She is survived by a brother: Flem Cheatham Shawnee, KS and nieces & nephews.

Joe Rufus Knowis

Joe Rufus Knowis

Jun 20, 2002

With his family at his side, former Lewisburg City Councilman Joe Rufus Knowis, age 89, died peacefully Thursday evening in Marshall Medical Center. He was born in Marshall county in 1913 to Samuel 'Bud' Knowis and Mattie Phifer Knowis. He was a Past President, Vice President, and Secretary of the original Lewisburg Kiwanis Club, and a well known car...

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